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To: fireman15
And by playing with their cell phones, I do not mean that they are merely talking on them. They are looking down at their phones while they are texting or trying to get the phone to do something.

My new Jeep has a dashboard screen with icons to adjust various functions. It's great for the backup camera and when stopped to visualize settings, but not so when driving.

47 posted on 04/20/2019 9:50:14 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

Many, many years ago I was a nationally competitive bicycle racer. I rode over 10,000 miles a year training mostly in traffic. I did my best to not be disruptive to other vehicles on the road, but there were often hostile drivers even on the country roads that I spent most of my time on. Some intentionally came close and even forced me off the road causing serious injuries on more than one occasion. And of course I was hit by a little old lady after her third cataract surgery.

But these days I feel the roads are much more dangerous for bicyclists than they were back then because of all the people who are not paying attention to the road while they are driving. Most hostile drivers are not intentionally trying to kill you just run you off the road, and most blind old ladies are not driving all that fast. But these people who are speeding along and not paying close attention to the road ahead of them are a menace.


49 posted on 04/20/2019 10:49:19 AM PDT by fireman15
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